Common Errors: Test-2

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Directions for individual questionsEach sentence is divided into parts and each part is labeled as an answer option. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as the answer. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer

Common Errors: Test-2

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Question 1

Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).

A

The website, which does not

B

accept advertisements and is funded

C

entirely by donations, describes itself

D

as the fifth most popular website on the planet.

E

No error

Question 1 Explanation:

No error

Question 2

Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).

A

As sharing crime statistics for

B

the year 2011, the Commissioner admitted that

C

there had been an undue delay in

D

the setting up of an antinarcotics cell.

E

No error

Question 2 Explanation:

The use of ‘as’ in part (1) of the sentence is inappropriate. As is used either to denote reason or as a conjunction, which is not the case here.The correct sentence structure will form after we omit ‘as’.

Question 3

Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).

A

The Moon may be the best place

B

to look for aliens as their

C

footprints on their surface would

D

last far longer than radio signals.

E

No error

Question 3 Explanation:

As the subject is singular (Moon), ‘its’ should be used.

Question 4

Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).

A

The judge advised the government to

B

have autorickshaws meter across the state while

C

recounting his personal experience where an autorickshaw driver

D

made him wait and also demanded more fare.

E

No error

Question 4 Explanation:

Here, we need a verb (metered) and not a noun (meter). Having the autorickshaws metered means putting a meter in each autorickshaw.

Question 5

Identify the part of the sentence with error. In case of no error, select option (E).

A

The Company aims

B

to nearly double

C

its revenues on the back

D

of a strongest product pipeline.

E

No error

Question 5 Explanation:

Part dHere, of a strong product pipeline ......should be used. Since no comparison is done, ‘strong’ should be used instead of ‘strongest’.

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